Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self Esteem, and the Confidence Gap, (Paperback)

from LibraryDiva76

This book is a shocking and depressing account of how the educational system is failing middle-school girls. Orenstein follows two groups of girls, one from a white suburban school, and another fro...

from angelfire2121

This book is a really good look at what girls have to go through during their adolescence that makes their self esteem take such a strong hit. I really wish a case study this thorough would be done...

from SeriousGrace

Peggy Orenstein started her Schoolgirls project after reading a report by the American Association of University Women, "Shortchanging girls, Shortchanging America" in her daily newspaper. Inspired...

from LibraryDiva76

This book is a shocking and depressing account of how the educational system is failing middle-school girls. Orenstein follows two groups of girls, one from a white suburban school, and another fro...

from angelfire2121

This book is a really good look at what girls have to go through during their adolescence that makes their self esteem take such a strong hit. I really wish a case study this thorough would be done...